Fantasmic dinner package available for lunch

With the seatings for the Fantasmic! dining package being so early, Disney's Hollywood Studios is finally offering the package as a lunch. The Fantasmic! lunch package can be booked on all dates when the show is scheduled, and is offered at both The Hollywood Brown Derby and Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano. As with the dinner package, at the end of your meal you'll receive a voucher that will allow you to arrive 30-45 minutes prior to the show and still have get a seat in the right two sections of the Hollywood Hills Amphitheatre. On days with two performances, the package is only valid for the first show. You can make reservations up to 180 days in advance by calling the Walt Disney World Dining Ling at 407-WDW-DINE (407-939-3463).

Frankly, it depends on your individual situation. I'm not crazy about the location of the dining package seats and prefer to get in line early to get seats closer to the center. I know some folks prefer to skip the line and get the dining package seats. There really isn't a bad seat in the ampitheatre but the closer to center you are, the more you can see just like any theatre....

No. The seatings are at the far right section and unless you get the best seat in the section, your view can and probably will be obstructed a bit. If you get the worst seat near the dinner package seating, that seat is probably better than the worst seat in the dinner package section.

I think it's great that the Fantasmic dining package now includes lunch. BUT, I would like the dining package to include the 2nd show, if they have one.

Last Christmas, my son and I had the dining package for Fantasmic, but decided to go to the later show and they said "Not included". What is the big deal. They don't as many people in the 2nd show as the 1st. I would think offering the 2nd show (if they have one) would be a good option to lessen the 1st show crowd.